Universal has unveiled the first trailer for Disclosure Day, a secretive new original thriller from Steven Spielberg that revisits one of the filmmaker’s most enduring fascinations: what happens when humanity learns it is not alone.
The film, directed by Spielberg from a screenplay by longtime collaborator David Koepp, is being positioned as a major summer event. Its central question is both intimate and unsettling: If someone proved to you that we weren’t alone, would that frighten you? The trailer answers with a chilling tagline: This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.
Disclosure Day stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo, bringing together an ensemble that spans prestige drama, blockbuster credibility and awards recognition. The cast suggests a grounded, character-driven approach rather than a traditional effects-heavy spectacle. Watch below:
While details about Disclosure Day are being closely guarded, the trailer makes one thing clear: this is not a film about invasion, but revelation. Less about what is out there, and more about how humanity responds when certainty replaces speculation. Watch below:
The screenplay comes from Koepp, whose creative history with Spielberg includes Jurassic Park, The Lost World, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Collectively, those films grossed more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also penned this year’s Jurassic World Rebirth, reinforcing his role as one of Hollywood’s most reliable architects of large scale storytelling.
The story itself was conceived by Spielberg, marking another personal return to themes he has explored throughout his career, from Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and War of the Worlds. Rather than framing extraterrestrial life as spectacle alone, Spielberg has historically treated it as a mirror for human fear, wonder and belief, a tone the Disclosure Day trailer strongly echoes.
The film is produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger and Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment, with Adam Somner and Chris Brigham serving as executive producers. Macosko Krieger previously collaborated with Spielberg on The Fabelmans and West Side Story, further anchoring the project in his recent, more reflective body of work.
Spielberg remains the highest-grossing director of all time and one of cinema’s most influential voices. A three-time Academy Award winner, he earned Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler’s List, and Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent feature, The Fabelmans, received seven Academy Award nominations and reaffirmed his ability to balance intimacy with scale.
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